9 is the 5th French album and 7th studio album in total to be released by the singer Lara Fabian.

The album is considered by many as a shift in Lara's music style, and vocal performance, primarily because it was Lara's first album that long time producer, Rick Allison, did not produce. The Album was produced by Jean-Félix Lalanne. He also, with Fabian, composed many of the songs in the album.

Special digipack editions of the album included a DVD of music videos for most of the songs on the album.

The album was followed by the "Un Regard 9" tour, which totaled over 60 concerts.

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Lara Fabian
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Lara Crokaert, better known as Lara Fabian, is an Italian-Belgian singer. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling Belgian female artist of all time and she was born in Etterbeek, Brussels to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother. Since 1996 she has held a Canadian citizenship alongside her original Belgian citizenship. Fabian is the child of Pierre Crokaert, who is Flemish, and Maria Luisa Serio. She spent her first five years in her mothers hometown of Catania in Sicily, after that she moved to Ruisbroek near Brussels, Belgium. She began singing, dancing and taking lessons at a young age. She began writing and performing her own songs during her ten years of music study. Fabians songs were influenced by her vocal training and by contemporary artists such as Barbra Streisand. She was named Lara after the character of the novel Doctor Zhivago. Her professional name is a spelling of the given name of an uncle. During the 1980s, Fabian entered a number of European competitions and she released her first single, LAziza est en pleurs / Il y avait in 1986. Both songs were written by the Belgian composer Marc Lerchs as an homage to Daniel Balavoine, in 1988, the RTL TV channel in Luxembourg invited Fabian to represent the country at the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest, held that year in Dublin, Ireland. The song was a composition by Jacques Cardona and Alain Garcia entitled Croire which reached a fourth place. The single became a hit in Europe, selling nearly 500,000 copies, in 1990, Fabian and musical collaborator Rick Allison moved to Montreal, Canada to embark on a career in North America. They started their own label and publishing company, Productions Clandestines. In August 1991, the self-titled, French-language, debut album, Lara Fabian, was released in Canada, the album went gold in 1993, and platinum the following year. The success of upbeat Dance-pop singles such as Le jour où tu partira, Les murs and she received several nominations at the 1993 ADISQ awards, and a poll published around that time voted her Québecs most promising singer. Constant touring in Québec helped Fabians 1994 album Carpe diem become her breakthrough album, the album went Gold three weeks after its release, and spawned three hit singles, Tu ten vas, Si tu maimes, and Leïla

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France
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France, officially the French Republic, is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European, or metropolitan, area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. France spans 643,801 square kilometres and had a population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017. It is a unitary republic with the capital in Paris. Other major urban centres include Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Toulouse, during the Iron Age, what is now metropolitan France was inhabited by the Gauls, a Celtic people. The area was annexed in 51 BC by Rome, which held Gaul until 486, France emerged as a major European power in the Late Middle Ages, with its victory in the Hundred Years War strengthening state-building and political centralisation. During the Renaissance, French culture flourished and a colonial empire was established. The 16th century was dominated by civil wars between Catholics and Protestants. France became Europes dominant cultural, political, and military power under Louis XIV, in the 19th century Napoleon took power and established the First French Empire, whose subsequent Napoleonic Wars shaped the course of continental Europe. Following the collapse of the Empire, France endured a succession of governments culminating with the establishment of the French Third Republic in 1870. Following liberation in 1944, a Fourth Republic was established and later dissolved in the course of the Algerian War, the Fifth Republic, led by Charles de Gaulle, was formed in 1958 and remains to this day. Algeria and nearly all the colonies became independent in the 1960s with minimal controversy and typically retained close economic. France has long been a centre of art, science. It hosts Europes fourth-largest number of cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites and receives around 83 million foreign tourists annually, France is a developed country with the worlds sixth-largest economy by nominal GDP and ninth-largest by purchasing power parity. In terms of household wealth, it ranks fourth in the world. France performs well in international rankings of education, health care, life expectancy, France remains a great power in the world, being one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council with the power to veto and an official nuclear-weapon state. It is a member state of the European Union and the Eurozone. It is also a member of the Group of 7, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Trade Organization, originally applied to the whole Frankish Empire, the name France comes from the Latin Francia, or country of the Franks

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Pop music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid 1950s. The terms popular music and pop music are used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular. Pop and rock were synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they were used in opposition from each other. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other such as urban, dance, rock, Latin. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes. David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, according to Pete Seeger, pop music is professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music, the music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately, pop music continuously evolves along with the terms definition. The term pop song was first recorded as being used in 1926, Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues and hillbilly music. The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pops earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to a wide audience. Since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the meaning of non-classical mus, usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as the Beatles. Grove Music Online also states that, in the early 1960s pop music competed terminologically with beat music, while in the USA its coverage overlapped with that of rock and roll. From about 1967, the term was used in opposition to the term rock music. Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral. It is not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward, and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative. It is, provided from on high rather than being made from below, pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment, the lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions

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Acoustic music
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Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means. The retronym acoustic music appeared after the advent of electric instruments, such as the guitar, electric violin, electric organ. It has its origins in the music of the 1960s. The trend has also dubbed as acoustic rock in some cases. Navigating the Music Industry, Current Issues & Business Models, Music and the Modern Condition, Investigating the Boundaries

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Polydor Records
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Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a relationship with Universals Interscope Geffen A&M label. In turn, Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom, Polydor Records Ltd. was established in London in 1954 as a British subsidiary of German company Deutsche Grammophon GmbH. The Polydor label was founded on 2 April 1913 by German Polyphon-Musikwerke AG in Leipzig, during World War I on 24 April 1917, Polyphon-Musikwerke AG acquired the German Deutsche Grammophon-Aktiengesellschaft record plant and company from the German government. The German state was taken over Grammophon and the British holdings as enemies property during World War I, Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Polyphon-Grammophon-Konzern group. It was used as a label since 1924. The British and German branches of the Gramophone Company were so departed during World War I, in turn, Deutsche Grammophon records exported from Germany were released on the Polyphon Musik and Polydor labels. The new foreign branches were founded for example into Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Polydor became a popular music label in 1946, while the new Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft label was to become a classical music label in 1949. The previously used label, Grammophon, was disbanded, DGG gave, with an agreement dated 5 July 1949, an exclusive license from 1 July 1951 to use the Nipper-dog with gramophone to the original owners company Electrola, the German branch of EMI. In 1970, Polydor acquired the Hong Kong-based Diamond Records, which had owned and founded by the local Portuguese merchant Ren da Silva in the late 1950s. In 1972, The Grammophon-Philips Group reorganized to create PolyGram, the Polydor label continued to run as a subsidiary label under the new company. The name PolyGram is a portmanteau of Polydor and PhonoGram, into the 1980s, Polydor continued to do respectable business, in spite of becoming increasingly overshadowed by its PolyGram sister label Mercury Records. Polydor took over management of British Deccas pop catalog, A&R manager Frank Neilson was able to score a major top ten hit in March 1981 for the label with Do The Hucklebuck by Coast to Coast as well as signing Ian Dury and Billy Fury to the company. In 1984, the name was parodied in the rockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. By the early 1990s, Polydor had begun to underperform, in 1994, as Island Records recovered from its sales slump, PolyGram dissolved most of PLG into it. Meanwhile, Polydor Records and Atlas Records merged, briefly called Polydor/Atlas, in 1995, Polydor/Atlas became simply Polydor Records again. Over the next few years, Polydor tried to keep itself afloat with new artist signings, new releases, in 1998, PolyGram was purchased by Seagram and absorbed into its Universal Music Group. Today, in America, the Polydor Records name and logo is used on reissues of older material from its 1960s and 1970s heyday

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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu

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A Wonderful Life (Lara Fabian album)
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The singer/songwriter, Lara Fabians second English album and sixth studio album, A Wonderful Life was released in June 2004. In France the album sold an estimated 82,000 copies, a Wonderful Life was Fabians last album under her contract with Sony Records and she subsequently left the company. The album consists mostly of acoustic-influenced pop tracks, Fabian had been offered, and turned down, the track Review My Kisses before it was recorded by US country music star LeAnn Rimes for her 2002 album Twisted Angel. However Fabian was so impressed with Rimes performance that she decided to record it herself

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Un regard 9 Live
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Un Regard 9 is the title of both the CD and DVD from Lara Fabians 2005/2006 tour of the same name which followed her 2005 studio release, titled 9. The CD and DVD were both released separately and together as a limited box set. The CD and DVD were both recorded live on 29 March 2006 at the Zenith in Paris, the CD presents 15 live performances plus a brand new song, Aime, recorded in a studio in Montreal. This song has recorded in both English and French, though the latter version is the only one officially released so far. The entire live concert features songs from Laras latest studio album 9, certain songs like Tout for instance were completely re-arranged to fit with this new sound and the concept of the show. A stand-out moment during the concert is the homage Lara makes to her idol Barbra Streisand, singing Papa Can You Hear Me and these two songs had been previously performed in medley by Lara, back in 1997, during a concert in Québec at the time Pure was released. This time around, these songs get the chance to fully showcase Laras amazing vocals on a record. On the DVD one can find tracks that were left off the CD, like Je TAime. According to Lara, these tracks had a visual aspect on them than just being simply listened on a record. Also presented on this DVD is the nearly 10-minute performance of Humana, Humana went longer than expected during the concert due to the enthusiasm of the public. A Piece Of Sky Je me souviens

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Melissa Mars
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Melissa Mars is a French singer and actress. Born in Marseilles, France, Melissa Mars began acting at the age of thirteen, two years later, she began taking singing lessons. At age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, and earned a baccalauréat in sciences at the Louis-Le-Grand high school twelve months later, despite this accomplishment, she ended her studies, but continued to study Spanish, English, piano, and harmonica. She wrote short scripts and read modern theatrical works, in 1998, her agent arranged for her to dine with André Téchiné and François Bernheim. However, the dinner didnt work out as planned, According to Mars, the meal progressed, François Bernheim asked to hear her sing. With her mothers help, she wrote her first song, Papa maime pas, having performed under the stage names Melissa Sefrani and Melissa Maylee, she ultimately adopted the last name Mars, a reference to the planet Mars and her penchant for dreams. Mars was also cast in film and television roles, and her first album. Released in March 2003, marked the start of her career. Lacking widespread media distribution, the singles that followed were never released, the title song Et Alors. was made into a music video, filmed in Brussels, but this was not the case for the song Quelquun. At the beginning of 2005, Mars released the album La Reine des abeilles, for this album, which had a folk-music style to it, she was accompanied by Franck Langolff. During the same period, she appeared on Lara Fabians album 9 in the song Les Homéricains, shortly thereafter, she appeared on Pascal Obispos new album on two tracks, La Machine and 1980, released as a single in September 2006. Later she became the model for the new collection of Naf Naf clothing. In May 2007, the single Love Machine was released on the Internet as a teaser for Mars album À la recherche de lamour perdu, not long before this, an extended-play version of Love Machine was released, with four remixes and an English version. The concert tour that was to follow was canceled, apart from one concert on 10 December 2007 at La Cigale in Paris, Mars joined the cast of the musical Mozart, lopéra rock in September 2009. She appears in the role of Aloysia Weber, Mozarts first love, in 2014, Eurochannel aired a special program about her

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List of music recording certifications
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Music recording certifications are typically awarded by the global music industry based on the total units sold or shipped to the retailers. These awards and their requirements are defined by the certifying bodies representing the music industry in various countries and territories worldwide. The standard certification awards given consist of Gold, Platinum, and sometimes Diamond awards, in ascending order, in most cases, a Multi-Platinum or Multi-Diamond award is given for multiples of the Platinum or Diamond requirements. Many music industries around the globe are represented by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the IFPI operates in 66 countries and services affiliated industry associations in 45 countries. Still other countries not represented by the IFPI have certifying bodies operating independently, though all certifying bodies give awards for album sales or shipments, many also certify singles, paid digital downloads, music videos, music DVDs, and master ringtones. Additionally, some certifying bodies have separate threshold scales for works of domestic or international origins, varying genres, lengths, from the 2010s digital streaming was included in some territories. Note, Top numbers represent sales for domestic material, italicized numbers in parentheses represent sales for international material if different from the domestic requirement, other notes and exceptions are provided in footnotes below each table. For albums released until September 24,1999 the thresholds are 250,000 for Gold and 500,000 for Platinum, for albums released between September 25,1999 and December 31,2002 the thresholds are 150,000 for Gold and 300,000 for Platinum. Also, for Jazz albums, the thresholds are 10,000 for Gold and 20,000 for Platinum, Diamond-award is applicable to titles released on/after January 1,2013. ^ IV Hungarian sales figures provided refer to Pop albums. However, there are six separate release scales in all, each scale is provided here with Gold and Platinum sales thresholds in parentheses, Hindi Films, Regional Films, Regional Basic, National Basic, Classical/Non-Classical, and International. For albums released before 1 July 2009, sales exceeding 10,000 and 20,000 for Gold and Platinum awards, a separate scale is used for digital album sales via digital download, sales exceeding 5,000 and 10,000 for Gold and Platinum awards respectively. Thresholds for productions before 1 July 2009 differ,40,000,80,000, and 400,000 for Gold, Platinum, separate scales are used for jazz/classical albums, and soundtracks. Each scale is provided here with Gold, Platinum, and Diamond sales thresholds in parentheses, Jazz/Classical, from 1973–79 the thresholds were based on monetary revenue, Platinum, Gold and Silver. For singles released prior to that thresholds are 250,000 for Gold and 500,000 for Platinum, as of June 1,2014, the German thresholds for the single-titles, are 200,000 for Gold and 400,000 for Platinum. German industry also introduced a Diamond-award which is applicable to all titles released on/after January 1,2013, for Jazz singles, the thresholds are 10,000 for Gold and 20,000 for Platinum. Prior to this the thresholds were Silver, Gold, and Platinum, for EP-length configurations including the 12-inch single, the thresholds were lowered to Gold and Platinum, previously the thresholds were Gold and Platinum. From then on, the lowered thresholds applied to certification of all singles, ^ XIX Japanese awards refer to online singles and mobile singles. ^ XX Japanese physical and digital download sales exceeding 1,000,000 are given the Million award. ^ XXI Danish DVD sales figures provided refer to Music/Single DVDs, a separate scale is used for Long form videos and Multi-Box Music Video Sets, sales exceeding 50,000 and 100,000 for Gold and Platinum awards respectively

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Belgian Entertainment Association
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The Belgian Entertainment Association is the organization that represents the interests of the music, video and video game industries in Belgium. BEA is listed as the record industry association in Belgium by the IFPI. The publication of sales charts in Belgium is done through Ultratop, due to the cultural differences in Belgium, separate charts are published for the Dutch-speaking Flanders region and the French-speaking Wallonia region. In Flanders the most important charts are the Ultratop 50 singles, in Wallonia the most important charts are the Ultratop 40 singles. Through Ultratop, BEA certifies albums, singles and DVDs, the current thresholds for albums, in effect at least since April 2008, distinguish between local, French or Dutch speaking albums, and international or non French or Dutch speaking ones. For domestic repertoire the threshold for Gold album is 10,000 units, for international repertoire the threshold for Gold is 15,000 units and the threshold for Platinum is 30,000. Jazz and Classical repertoire shares the thresholds with the domestic repertoire, the same levels apply for singles as well. The IFPI award certification list of October 2007 lists the same thresholds for albums, for domestic repertoire the threshold for Gold single was 15,000 units and the threshold for Platinum single was 30,000 units. For international repertoire the threshold for Gold was 25,000 units, an earlier list from the beginning of 2006 lists these older thresholds for albums as well. The current thresholds for DVDs distinguish between Belgian products sold in one locality, Belgian products sold nationwide, and foreign products, for Belgian-local products, the thresholds are 7,500 units for Gold,15,500 units for Platinum and 25,500 units for Diamond. For Belgian-nationwide products, the thresholds are 15,000 units for Gold,30,000 units for Platinum and 50,000 units for Diamond. For foreign products, the thresholds are 25,000 units for Gold,50,000 units for Platinum and 100,000 units for Diamond, the same levels are listed since at least October 2007. An archive of past certifications going back to 1997 is available at the Ultratop website, the following is a list of albums that have been certified by the Belgian Entertainment Association. List of music recording certifications Official website

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Toutes les femmes en moi
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Toutes les femmes en moi is the 6th French album and 8th studio album in total released by Lara Fabian. This album was rumoured to be an album of traditional savour inspired by classical pieces by Chopin and Gerschwin however following comments by the artist this is now in doubt, the album was partly recorded in Montreal, Canada. Fabian confirmed the release of much anticipated album on her official website on 20 October 2008. Fabian stated on her website that Toutes les femmes en moi is daring and Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Klezmer, Tango, Neo Classic, White Soul come close without disturbing each other. Fabian said in an English language blog on her official website, however she also stated that will not be a cover album leading initially to some ambiguity as to the content of the album. The album was released on May 25,2009, postponed from December 2008, the first single release from this album is Soleil, Soleil. This song was sent to French radio stations on March 11,2009, the album was released in Canada on September 7,2010. It contains a different version of the song Nuit Magique, which was recorded in 2008 and was part of the first version of the album, the song is a duet with Canadian singer Coral Egan

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Le Secret (album)
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Le Secret is a 2013 album by Belgian-Italian-Canadian international singer Lara Fabian. It was released on 15 April 2013, the album is produced by her label 9Productions. Distribution was by Warner Music France, after Fabian left her earlier distribution label Universal France. The album was a big success selling a certified 18,768 copies in its first week of release and appearing at number 1 in SNEP, the official French Albums Chart. She released the single Deux ils, deux elles as a pre-release, the music video for the song was released on 4 April 2013. France, Warner Music Group Switzerland, Universal Music Suisse Belgium / Luxembourg / Netherlands, Universal Music Benelux

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Lara Fabian (2000 album)
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Lara Fabian is the fourth studio album and the first English album by the Belgian recording artist Lara Fabian. It was first released on 29 November 1999 in France and later it was released worldwide in 2000, the album features the hit singles I Will Love Again, I Am Who I Am and Love by Grace. After the Francophone stars huge success, in 1998 and 1999, Lara went to New York City and she wrote or co-wrote most of the songs, working with Rick Allison and producers Walter Afanasieff, Patrick Leonard, Sam Watters and Mark Taylor. Produced by Sony Music, the album was launched in May 2000 on Americas most popular morning television show. Invitations poured in, and Lara Fabian appeared on The Tonight Show, The View, Access Hollywood, Craig Kilborn, the albums first excerpt, I Will Love Again, hit No.1 on the Billboard Dance Music charts and settled in for 58 weeks. Thanks to this success, she received the Félix for Quebec Artist Having the Most Impact in a Language other than French. For several weeks, the song was number 1 on most Brazilian, Love by Grace generated an incredible frenzy around the artist. Shortly after, when her self-titled English-language album was released in Asia, Lara scored a number one hit on the Taiwanese top ten, many were particularly impressed with the song Light of my Life, which she interpreted with Leehom Wang, Asias top male Chinese-speaking vocalist. This song was included in the movie feature China Strike Force, starring newcomer Lee-Horn along with Aaron Kwok, eagerly awaited in several cities throughout the world, Lara dealt with her growing popularity by frequently appearing abroad. Fans and critics questioned her promotional tactics, however, as she neglected the US market in favor of a European tour, in 2001, promotion of Lara Fabian slowed significantly and a third single was not released. Lara has been absent from the US music landscape since that time, there are many different international versions of this album. There is a version each for Canada, France, Japan, America, the albums vary greatly from each other because of different song tracks or cover art work. The song Till I Get Over You was produced by the duo Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters, one can see the similarities in sound and production between Laras Till I Get Over You and Anastacias Im Outta Love on Anastacias 2000 debut album Not That Kind. The songs Adagio and Broken Vow were covered by Filipino singers, Mark Bautista, also Josh Groban covered Broken Vow for his 2003 album Closer, and Lebanese singer Majida El Roumi sang an Arabic cover of Adagio, titled Habibi, for her 2006 album Etazalt El Gharam. Both versions of Adagio and the song To Love Again feature Steve Lukather guitar solos

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A Wonderful Life (album)
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The singer/songwriter, Lara Fabians second English album and sixth studio album, A Wonderful Life was released in June 2004. In France the album sold an estimated 82,000 copies, a Wonderful Life was Fabians last album under her contract with Sony Records and she subsequently left the company. The album consists mostly of acoustic-influenced pop tracks, Fabian had been offered, and turned down, the track Review My Kisses before it was recorded by US country music star LeAnn Rimes for her 2002 album Twisted Angel. However Fabian was so impressed with Rimes performance that she decided to record it herself

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Live 2002 (Lara Fabian album)
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Live is the title of both a CD and DVD released by Belgian pop singer Lara Fabian in 2002. This is Fabians first live DVD, second album and seventh album in total. Both the CD and DVD were recorded during a concert on December 14,2001 at Forest National in Brussels, the concert features many of Fabians hits and songs from her recent studio album, Nue. During the concert, there is an emphasis on Je taime which is unexpectedly sung in a large part by the audience. The duet of Tu es mon autre was performed specially for the recording by the two composers of the song, Fabian and her collaborator, Rick Allison. Both say to one another before the performance a song that I wrote for you, during the second Immortelle, Fabian and the band can be seen leaving the stage towards a butterfly on the back screen. The Live CD contains two studio recordings, a new song composed by Fabian, Tu me manques, and a version of Charles Aznavours classic Comme ils disent. The DVD contains some tracks which, due to time constraints, were left off the CD

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Croire
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The song is a ballad, with Fabian singing that she wants to believe in the good of humanity, rather than its dark side. She sings that we have love within us, which is her central belief, Fabian also recorded the song in English and German language versions, as Trust and Glaub respectively. The song was performed seventeenth on the night, at the close of voting, it had received 90 points, placing 4th in a field of 21. It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1989 Contest by Park Café with Monsieur, in 1999 Croire was included as a bonus track on Lara Fabians eponymously titled debut album, originally released in 1991

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I Will Love Again
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I Will Love Again is a song by the Belgian singer Lara Fabian. It was released as the single of her self-titled album in 2000. It was her first English single, the song was a top ten hit in Belgium, Canada, New Zealand and Spain and reached #1 on the U. S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. It peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100, I Will Love Again was produced by Mark Taylor and Paul Barry. The song received a reception from most music critics. William Ruhlmann picked the track as the Albums best track in his Allmusic review, the Dooyoo review was extremely positive, and it said, This is the strongest track on the album - a real pop song with great uptempo beat. Written by Paul Barry and Mark Taylor, and co-produced by Brian Rawling, its easily the most modern song on the album and it actually was a huge hit in some parts of the world, including Spain and performed well in the US too. Fabian sings optimistically about getting over a heart and finding a new love. The English versions are the dance-pop ballad and the ballad reprise, the Spanish versions are Otro Amor Vendrá and Otro Amor Vendrá. All these version are available on the deluxe edition. Two music videos were made for the song, one features the singer in a house party and the other features Lara in a club party. 1Chart position is from the Ultratip chart Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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I Am Who I Am (Lara Fabian song)
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I Am Who I Am is a song by the Belgian singer Lara Fabian. It was released as the single of her self-titled album. I Am Who I Am is a song, co-written by Fabian and Allison with American duo Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. It said, The song is catchy, but not particularly memorable. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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Tu es mon autre
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Tu es mon autre is a 2002 song recorded as a duet by Belgian singers Lara Fabian and Maurane. It was the fifth and last single from Fabians fifth studio album Nue, the song achieved success in France and Belgium where it was a top five hit, becoming both singers one of her most successful hit. The song was nominated in the category Song of the year at the Victoires de la Musique, in France, the single was charted for 31 weeks, eight of them in the top ten, including a peak at #5 on 26 October 2002. The song achieved a success in Switzerland, but remained in the top 100 for 19 weeks. In this song, Fabian and Maurane sing all the lyrics simultaneously, in the music video, the two singers are performing the song in front of each other, in a room full of mirrors. It deals with the themes of friendship and alter ego, Tu es mon autre was performed many times with many other artists, including Fabians longtime collaborator Rick Allison, during the singers 2001/2002 tour. Both say to one another before the performance a song that I wrote for you, the song was thus available in its live version on Live 2002, En Toute Intimité and Un regard 9 Live. In 2012, Fabian performed the song with Indonesian singer Anggun during a special on the MTV Lebanon. CD single Tu es mon autre —3,42 Tu es mon autre —3,42 Tu es mon autre —4,37

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Love by Grace
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Love by Grace is a song by the Belgian singer Lara Fabian. It was released as the single of her self-titled album. The ballad was a hit in Brazil and was part of the soundtrack of the Brazilian hit soap opera Laços de Família. The Dooyoo review was positive, and it said, This is a beautiful song - beautifully sung. Originally recorded by Wynonna Judd in the album Revelations, the country feel has been stripped from the song, produced by Walter Afanasieff, he reigns in Fabians vocals until close to the end, but still finishes the song softly. The song became the theme from Carolina Dieckmanns character Camila, who had cancer, the music video was taken from a live performance of the song. The Brazilian recording artist Marina Elali recorded a version of the song called, Só Por Você, the gospel group Anointed covered the song for its 1999 self-titled album. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (album)
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Artificial Intelligence - Music from the Motion Picture is the film score of the 2001 film of the same name, composed and conducted by John Williams. The original score was composed by Williams and featured singers Lara Fabian on two songs and Josh Groban on one. The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, the 2001 official soundtrack album did not include all of the music from the film, and several cues were conspicuously absent. A promotion-only release of the soundtrack was created for members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts. This version of the soundtrack later leaked to the public, and has issued in several bootleg editions by various record labels. Then, in 2015, the score was officially issued for the first time in a 3-CD set by La-La Land Records. The cues presented on the commercial release do not follow the order they are heard in the film. The album cues can be heard in the order,6,4,2,7,10,1,3,11,8,12,9. Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony

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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
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Final Fantasy, The Spirits Within is a 2001 American computer-animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and remains the most expensive video game-inspired film of all time and it features the voices of Ming-Na Wen, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Ving Rhames, Peri Gilpin and Steve Buscemi. Aki and Sid must fight against General Hein, who wishes to use violent means to end the conflict. Square Pictures rendered the film using some of the most advanced processing capabilities available for film animation at the time, a render farm consisting of 960 workstations was tasked with rendering each of the films 141,964 frames. It took a staff of 200 about four years to complete The Spirits Within, Square intended to make the character of Aki Ross into the worlds first photorealistic computer-animated actress, with plans for appearances in multiple films in different roles. The Spirits Within debuted to mixed reception, but was widely praised for the realism of the computer-animated characters. Due to rising costs, the film exceeded its original budget towards the end of production, reaching a final cost of $137 million. The film has been called a box office bomb and is blamed for the demise of Square Pictures, in 2065, Earth is infested by alien life forms known as Phantoms. By physical contact Phantoms consume the Gaia spirit of living beings, killing them instantly, the surviving humans live in barrier cities, areas protected by an energy shield that prevents Phantoms from entering, and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to free the planet. It is revealed that Gray was once involved with Aki. Upon returning to her city, Aki joins Sid and appears before the leadership council along with General Hein. However, this revelation leads Hein to incorrectly conclude that she is being controlled by the Phantoms, Aki and the Deep Eyes squad succeed in finding the seventh spirit as Akis infection begins to worsen and she slips into unconsciousness. Her dream reveals to her that the Phantoms are the spirits of dead aliens brought to Earth on a fragment of their destroyed planet, Sid uses the seventh spirit to bring Akis infection back under control, reviving her. To scare the council into giving him clearance to fire the Zeus cannon, though Hein intended that only a few Phantoms enter, his plan goes awry and legions of Phantoms invade the entire city. Aki, Sid and the Deep Eyes attempt to reach Akis spaceship, their means of escape, Hein escapes and boards the Zeus space-station where he finally receives authorisation to fire the cannon. Sid finds the spirit at the crater site of the alien asteroids impact on Earth. He lowers a shielded vehicle, with Aki and Gray aboard, just before they can reach it, Hein fires the Zeus cannon into the crater, not only destroying the eighth spirit but also revealing the Phantom Gaia. Aki has a vision of the Phantom home planet, where she is able to receive the spirit from the alien particles in herself

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De-Lovely
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De-Lovely is a 2004 musical biopic directed by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Jay Cocks is based on the life and career of Cole Porter and it is the second biopic about the composer, following Night and Day. As he is about to die, Porters life flashes before him in the form of a production staged by the archangel Gabriel in the Indiana theater where the composer first performed on stage. He immediately calls to mind the start of his story - the night he met his wife, Linda Lee Thomas - Paris latest divorcee, from the start, they click and become a devoted couple. Linda is well aware of Coles gay identity and activities, her ex was the same, Cole is completely different, she declares on their wedding day - he loves and adores her and shows it, so she tolerates his dalliances. Her love for and devotion to him are strong enough for her to overlook his romantic flings outside their marriage, with Linda his fun with music turns into a top international career. Their lavish lifestyle is enviable worldwide, at films end he tells her the songs were all about her - not all she corrects - but enough of them. The leaders in music praise his work and his amazing shows begin, to cheer Linda, the couple move the showbiz, by invitation, to Hollywood. Great excitement, a new extravagant home, but trouble, his flings get too overt and indiscreet, when he shrugs off the blackmail, she finally goes to Paris, leaving him bereft. Linda dies in 1954, and Cole is devastated, but he continues his work until 1958, when degeneration of the bad leg finally requires amputation, affecting his creative output. He never writes again, but works in productions of his earlier works and he stayed in character by limiting his vocal range. Most of his singing was recorded live on the set, according to Winklers commentary on the DVD release of the film, he had considered numerous actresses for the role of Linda when Ashley Judds agent advised him she was interested in the part. Winkler was certain her salary demand would exceed that allowed by the budget, judd is twenty years younger than Kline, although the composers wife was eight years older than he. Filming locations included Chiswick House and Luton Hoo, the film premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It was shown at the CineVegas International Film Festival, the Sydney Film Festival, a soundtrack album of music from the film was released on June 15,2004. Critically, the film had a mixed reception and it garnered a score of 53 from Metacritic and a 48% rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of a four stars. He wrote, for his review in the Chicago Sun-Times, that De-Lovely. brings a worldly sophistication that is rare in the movies, larry King said, Far and away the best musical biography ever made

Lara Fabian
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Lara Crokaert, better known as Lara Fabian, is an Italian-Belgian singer. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide and is one of the best-selling Belgian female artist of all time and she was born in Etterbeek, Brussels to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother. Since 1996 she has held a Canadian citizenship alongside her original Belgian cit

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Lara Fabian, 2012

France
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France, officially the French Republic, is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European, or metropolitan, area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territ

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One of the Lascaux paintings: a horse – Dordogne, approximately 18,000 BC

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The Maison Carrée was a temple of the Gallo-Roman city of Nemausus (present-day Nîmes) and is one of the best preserved vestiges of the Roman Empire.

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With Clovis ' conversion to Catholicism in 498, the Frankish monarchy, elective and secular until then, became hereditary and of divine right.

Pop music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid 1950s. The terms popular music and pop music are used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular. Pop and rock were synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they were used in opposition fro

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The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that the term "pop" refers to music performed by such artists as the Rolling Stones (pictured here in a 2006 performance)

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According to several sources, MTV helped give rise to pop stars such as Michael Jackson and Madonna; and Jackson and Madonna helped make MTV.

Acoustic music
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Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means. The retronym acoustic music appeared after the advent of electric instruments, such as the guitar, electric violin, electric organ. It has its origins in the music of the 1960s. The trend has also

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A Spanish guitar

Polydor Records
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Polydor is a British record label and company, that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a relationship with Universals Interscope Geffen A&M label. In turn, Polydor distributes Interscope releases in the United Kingdom, Polydor Records Ltd. was established in London in 1954 as a British subsidiary of German company Deutsche Grammophon

Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select th

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Alan Parsons in an ESO 50th anniversary video.

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A Danish recording session

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Mixing Console

A Wonderful Life (Lara Fabian album)
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The singer/songwriter, Lara Fabians second English album and sixth studio album, A Wonderful Life was released in June 2004. In France the album sold an estimated 82,000 copies, a Wonderful Life was Fabians last album under her contract with Sony Records and she subsequently left the company. The album consists mostly of acoustic-influenced pop tra

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A Wonderful Life

Un regard 9 Live
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Un Regard 9 is the title of both the CD and DVD from Lara Fabians 2005/2006 tour of the same name which followed her 2005 studio release, titled 9. The CD and DVD were both released separately and together as a limited box set. The CD and DVD were both recorded live on 29 March 2006 at the Zenith in Paris, the CD presents 15 live performances plus

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Un regard 9 Live

Melissa Mars
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Melissa Mars is a French singer and actress. Born in Marseilles, France, Melissa Mars began acting at the age of thirteen, two years later, she began taking singing lessons. At age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, and earned a baccalauréat in sciences at the Louis-Le-Grand high school twelve months later, despite this accomplishment, she ended her s

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Melissa Mars at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival

List of music recording certifications
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Music recording certifications are typically awarded by the global music industry based on the total units sold or shipped to the retailers. These awards and their requirements are defined by the certifying bodies representing the music industry in various countries and territories worldwide. The standard certification awards given consist of Gold,

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A "gold record" of The Beatles ' compilation album, Hey Jude

Belgian Entertainment Association
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The Belgian Entertainment Association is the organization that represents the interests of the music, video and video game industries in Belgium. BEA is listed as the record industry association in Belgium by the IFPI. The publication of sales charts in Belgium is done through Ultratop, due to the cultural differences in Belgium, separate charts ar

Toutes les femmes en moi
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Toutes les femmes en moi is the 6th French album and 8th studio album in total released by Lara Fabian. This album was rumoured to be an album of traditional savour inspired by classical pieces by Chopin and Gerschwin however following comments by the artist this is now in doubt, the album was partly recorded in Montreal, Canada. Fabian confirmed t

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Toutes les femmes en moi

Le Secret (album)
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Le Secret is a 2013 album by Belgian-Italian-Canadian international singer Lara Fabian. It was released on 15 April 2013, the album is produced by her label 9Productions. Distribution was by Warner Music France, after Fabian left her earlier distribution label Universal France. The album was a big success selling a certified 18,768 copies in its fi

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Le Secret

Lara Fabian (2000 album)
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Lara Fabian is the fourth studio album and the first English album by the Belgian recording artist Lara Fabian. It was first released on 29 November 1999 in France and later it was released worldwide in 2000, the album features the hit singles I Will Love Again, I Am Who I Am and Love by Grace. After the Francophone stars huge success, in 1998 and

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Lara Fabian

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International Version

A Wonderful Life (album)
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The singer/songwriter, Lara Fabians second English album and sixth studio album, A Wonderful Life was released in June 2004. In France the album sold an estimated 82,000 copies, a Wonderful Life was Fabians last album under her contract with Sony Records and she subsequently left the company. The album consists mostly of acoustic-influenced pop tra

Live 2002 (Lara Fabian album)
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Live is the title of both a CD and DVD released by Belgian pop singer Lara Fabian in 2002. This is Fabians first live DVD, second album and seventh album in total. Both the CD and DVD were recorded during a concert on December 14,2001 at Forest National in Brussels, the concert features many of Fabians hits and songs from her recent studio album, N

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Live 2002

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DVD cover

Croire
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The song is a ballad, with Fabian singing that she wants to believe in the good of humanity, rather than its dark side. She sings that we have love within us, which is her central belief, Fabian also recorded the song in English and German language versions, as Trust and Glaub respectively. The song was performed seventeenth on the night, at the cl

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"Croire"

I Will Love Again
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I Will Love Again is a song by the Belgian singer Lara Fabian. It was released as the single of her self-titled album in 2000. It was her first English single, the song was a top ten hit in Belgium, Canada, New Zealand and Spain and reached #1 on the U. S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play. It peaked at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100, I Will Love A

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One of international cover arts

I Am Who I Am (Lara Fabian song)
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I Am Who I Am is a song by the Belgian singer Lara Fabian. It was released as the single of her self-titled album. I Am Who I Am is a song, co-written by Fabian and Allison with American duo Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers. It said, The song is catchy, but not particularly memorable. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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"I Am Who I Am"

Tu es mon autre
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Tu es mon autre is a 2002 song recorded as a duet by Belgian singers Lara Fabian and Maurane. It was the fifth and last single from Fabians fifth studio album Nue, the song achieved success in France and Belgium where it was a top five hit, becoming both singers one of her most successful hit. The song was nominated in the category Song of the year

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"Tu es mon autre"

Love by Grace
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Love by Grace is a song by the Belgian singer Lara Fabian. It was released as the single of her self-titled album. The ballad was a hit in Brazil and was part of the soundtrack of the Brazilian hit soap opera Laços de Família. The Dooyoo review was positive, and it said, This is a beautiful song - beautifully sung. Originally recorded by Wynonna Ju

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"Love by Grace"

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International single cover

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (album)
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Artificial Intelligence - Music from the Motion Picture is the film score of the 2001 film of the same name, composed and conducted by John Williams. The original score was composed by Williams and featured singers Lara Fabian on two songs and Josh Groban on one. The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Glob

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A.I.: Artificial Intelligence - Music from the Motion Picture

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
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Final Fantasy, The Spirits Within is a 2001 American computer-animated science fiction film directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of the Final Fantasy series of role-playing video games. It was the first photorealistic computer-animated feature film and remains the most expensive video game-inspired film of all time and it features the voices of

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Theatrical release poster

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Aki Ross was designed to be as realistic as possible; Square Pictures intended for the CGI character to be the world's first artificial actress to appear in multiple films in multiple roles.

De-Lovely
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De-Lovely is a 2004 musical biopic directed by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Jay Cocks is based on the life and career of Cole Porter and it is the second biopic about the composer, following Night and Day. As he is about to die, Porters life flashes before him in the form of a production staged by the archangel Gabriel in the Indiana theater wh